Security & certifications

Blackboard has a longstanding and strong commitment to provide secure products and services to our clients, including supporting infrastructure and product certifications based on DIACAP, FISMA, SOC2 and SSAE16.

IBM

Blackboard entered into a strategic partnership in 2016 for IBM to manage Blackboard’s datacenters and cloud infrastructure. This partnership includes worldwide IT Operations, Security Operations Center (SOC) and threat intelligence services.

AWS GovCloud

As of April 2017, Blackboard Learn is available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud (US), an isolated AWS region designed to host sensitive data and regulated workloads in the cloud. This marks a critical step forward in our journey to full Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) accreditation, further helping the our customers support their U.S. government compliance requirements.

FedRAMP

Blackboard has partnered with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to sponsor an agency-based FedRAMP Moderate ATO for Learn SaaS and Collaborate SaaSWe are currently in the process of working through the FedRAMP requirements to bring these applications in compliance with the new standards.

DIACAP

AWS GovCloud (US) further enhances safety and security for government agencies using Blackboard Learn to provide organizational training, preserve institutional knowledge, and close skills gaps among employees.

The Blackboard Learn SaaS deployment in AWS GovCloud provides a secure and reliable foundation for a world-class learning experience. With AWS GovCloud infrastructure, sensitive data and regulated workloads are hosted securely in the cloud.